Simsbury Eyes Status As A Bicycling Community

SIMSBURY, CT — Town officials want Simsbury to be known as a place where folks feel just comfortable riding their bikes as they are driving their cars.

That's why it is applying for "Bicycle Friendly Community" status with the nationally-based League of American Bicyclists.

To be considered a "Bicycle Friendly Community," municipality must complete a series of tasks to garner the status.

As a result, the journey to get the designation, in turn, helps transform the landscape for bicyclists in that town.

"The Bicycle Friendly Community program provides a roadmap to improving conditions for bicycling and guidance to help make your community's vision for a better, bikeable community a reality," writes the League on its website, adding key to this designation is "providing safe accommodations for bicycling and encouraging people to bike for transportation and recreation."

The benefits, according to the League, is that a pro-bicycling community provides improved public health, reduces traffic congestion, improves air quality and improves the quality of life.

Part of this process, according to the Town of Simsbury, is public participation of a survey sent out by the League

For more information on Bicycle Friendly Community status from the League of American Bicyclists, visit the link.

To take the survey, click on this LINK